NEW ORLEANS -- Alexis Ajinca capped a 16-point performance with a go-ahead layup in the final minute, and the New Orleans Pelicans erased an 18-point deficit en route to a 100-97 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night.

NEW ORLEANS -- Anthony Davis stood in a hallway outside the Pelicans' and Bulls' locker rooms, wearing a grey sweatsuit and smiling as he engaged Chicago coach Tom Thibodeau in a good-natured post-game chat.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Memphis Grizzlies hope Jeff Green can boost their offence and give them an edge in the tight Western Conference race after picking up the forward from Boston in a three-team trade approved Monday.

TORONTO -- The once-red hot Toronto Raptors have suddenly gone cold.
And while Kyle Lowry said a four-game losing streak is nothing to fret over, his chilly demeanour in the post-game dressing room Thursday night said otherwise.

By Jimmy Golen
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Former NBA Commissioner David Stern prefers to look at the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers for a record $2 billion and not the decades of Donald Sterling's "interesting" ownership that came before it.

By Steve Reed
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Lance Stephenson has found a new home.
The controversial free-agent shooting guard has agreed to a $27 million, three-year deal with the Charlotte Hornets, according to a person familiar with the contract.